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DECISION No

DECISION No. 03/2001/QD-TTg OF JANUARY 5, 2001 APPROVING THE RESULTS OF GENERAL INVENTORY OF FORESTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;

Pursuant to the Law on Forest Protection and Development of August 19, 1991;

Pursuant to Decision No. 245/1998/QD-TTg of December 21, 1998;

At the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Official Dispatches No. 3638/BNN-KH of October 26, 2000 and No. 4300/BNN-TCTK of December 11, 2000) and the General Department of Statistics� opinion in Official Dispatch No. 739/TCTK-NN of November 1, 2000,

DECIDES:

Article 1.- To approve the results of general inventory of forests throughout the country by the end of December 31, 1999: There had been throughout the country 10,915,592 ha of forests of all types with the corresponding coverage rate of 33.2% (excluding timber trees planted scatteredly and perennial industrial trees with large canopies), of which:

- Area of natural forests: 9,444,198 ha, accounting for 86.5% of the total forest area in the whole country.

- Area of planted forests: 1,471,394 ha, making up 13.5% of the total forest area in the whole country.

Article 2.- To assign the presidents of the People�s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities the forest area already inventoried by December 31, 1999 (the list is enclosed with this Decision).

The presidents of the People�s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall have to organize the forest management, protection and development in strict accordance with the provisions of the Prime Minister�s Decision No. 245/1998/QD-TTg of December 21, 1998 on the exercise of State management responsibilities of all levels over forests and forestry land.

Article 3.- To assign the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to inspect and supervise the implementation of forest protection; coordinate with the concerned ministries and branches in providing professional guidance to localities in the work of forest management, protection and development; coordinate with the People�s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities in regularly surveying and evaluating forest resource developments to serve as basis for planning national socio-economic development policies.

Article 4.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing. The ministers, the heads of the ministerial-level agencies and agencies attached to the Government and the presidents of the People�s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall have to implement this Decision.

For the Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister
NGUYEN CONG TAN

AREA OF THE PROVINCES� INVENTORIED FORESTS BY DECEMBER 31, 1999

(Together with Decision No. 03 of January 5, 2001)

Area with forests

Ordinal Number

Territorial areas, provinces

Natural area (ha)

Total

(ha)

Natural (ha)

Planted (ha)

Coverage rate (%)

A

1

2

3

4

5 = 2/1

In the whole country

32,894,398

10,915,592

9,444,198

1,471,394

33.2

I

Northeast

6,746,293

2,368,982

1,890,595

478,387

35.1

1

Bac Kan

479,554

235,247

224,114

11,133

49.1

2

Bac Giang

382,265

97,975

64,441

33,534

25.6

3

Bac Ninh

79,972

567

567

0.7

4

Cao Bang

669,072

208,586

199,673

8,913

31.2

5

Ha Giang

788,437

284,537

262,957

21,580

36.1

6

Lang Son

818,725

243,331

184,017

59,314

29.7

7

Lao Cai

804,400

240,184

202,589

37,595

29.9

8

Phu Tho

350,634

115,106

56,511

58,595

32.8

9

Quang Ninh

611,081

221,815

170,827

50,988

36.3

10

Thai Nguyen

356,639

139,421

99,796

39,625

39.1

11

Tuyen Quang

582,002

297,128

235,635

61,493

51.1

12

Vinh Phuc

135,220

26,167

9,605

16,562

19.4

13

Yen Bai

688,292

258,918

180,430

78,488

37.6

II

Northwest

3,572,365

963,441

884,409

79,032

27.0

1

Hoa Binh

474,942

167,320

123,403

43,917

35.2

2

Lai Chau

1,691,923

485,986

473,845

12,141

28.7

3

Son La

1,405,500

310,135

287,161

22,974

22.1

III

Red River delta

1,266,254

83,638

45,333

38,305

6.6

1

Ha Nam

84,238

8,012

6,652

1,360

9.5

2

Ha Noi

91,846

4,166

4,166

4.5

3

Ha Tay

219,296

14,104

4,393

9,711

6.4

4

Hai Duong

166,078

9,867

3,104

6,763

5.9

5

Hai Phong

151,369

8,580

6,493

2,087

5.7

6

Hung Yen

89,084

0

0.0

7

Nam Dinh

167,800

5,541

1,125

4,416

3.3

8

Ninh Binh

142,763

26,853

23,566

3,287

18.8

9

Thai Binh

153,780

6,515

6,515

4.2

IV

Northern Central Vietnam

5,130,454

2,135,649

1,835,633

300,016

41.6

1

Thanh Hoa

1,116,833

405,713

322,003

83,710

36.3

2

Nghe An

1,638,233

684,398

623,086

61,312

41.8

3

Ha Tinh

605,574

206,505

169,367

37,138

34.1

4

Quang Binh

803,760

486,688

447,837

38,851

60.6

5

Quang Tri

465,134

138,161

103,097

35,064

29.7

6

Thua Thien Hue

500,920

214,184

170,243

43,941

42.8

V

Coastal Central Vietnam

3,301,624

1,139,291

969,316

169,975

34.5

1

Quang Nam

1,040,514

425,921

388,803

37,118

40.9

2

Da Nang

124,837

52,132

37,066

15,066

41.8

3

Quang Ngai

511,534

126,605

91,933

34,672

24.8

4

Binh Dinh

602,555

196,067

151,760

44,307

32.5

5

Phu Yen

503,512

156,776

135,813

20,963

31.1

6

Khanh Hoa

518,672

181,790

163,941

17,849

35.0

VI

Central Highlands

4,464,472

2,373116

2,339,167

33,949

53.2

1

Gia Lai

1,549,571

742,672

728,372

14,300

47.9

2

Kon Tum

961,440

612,489

602,530

9,959

63.7

3

Dak Lak

1,953461

1,017,955

1,008,265

9,690

52.1

VII

Eastern South Vietnam

4,447,622

1,581000

1,416,643

164,357

35.5

1

Lam Dong

976,150

618,537

591,210

27,327

63.4

2

Binh Thuan

784,859

367,469

342,489

24,980

46.8

3

Ninh Thuan

335,227

157,415

151,838

5,577

47.0

4

Dong Nai

586,035

150,353

110,678

39,675

25.7

5

Binh Duong

271,744

11,304

4,101

7,203

4.2

6

Binh Phuoc

685,393

164,959

153,986

10,973

24.1

7

Ba Ria -Vung Tau

196,232

35,452

16,026

19,426

18.1

8

Tay Ninh

402,783

40,215

34,463

5,752

10.0

9

Ho Chi Minh city

209,199

35,296

11,852

23,444

16.9

VIII

Mekong River delta

3,965,314

270,475

63,102

207,373

6.8

1

Dong Thap

323,530

9,059

9,059

2.8

2

An Giang

340,623

9,186

583

8,603

2.7

3

Bac Lieu

248,927

4,149

2,291

1,858

1.7

4

Ben Tre

228,715

3,414

1,009

2,405

1.5

5

Ca Mau

521,070

99,304

9,753

89,551

19.1

6

Can Tho

296,423

1,908

1,908

0.6

7

Kien Giang

624,565

86,753

44,064

42,689

13.9

8

Long An

444,866

35,925

1,554

34,371

8.1

9

Soc Trang

320,027

8,476

1,686

6,790

2.6

10

Tien Giang

232,609

4,282

368

3,914

1.8

11

Tra Vinh

236,585

8,019

1,794

6,225

3.4

12

Vinh Long

147,374

0

0.0

Note:

Natural area data are issued by the General Land Administration in June, 1999.-